Performance Evaluation
(18 June 2009)
Article 4
Free movement
2. Member States shall not create any obstacle to devices intended for performance evaluation being made available for that purpose to the laboratories or other institutions listed in the statement referred to in Annex VIII if they meet the conditions laid down in Article 9(4) and Annex VIII.
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Article 9
Conformity assessment procedures
4. In the case of devices for performance evaluation, the manufacturer shall follow the procedure referred to in Annex VIII and draw up the statement set out in that Annex before such devices are made available.
This provision does not affect national regulations relating to the ethical aspects of carrying out performance evaluation studies using tissues or substances of human origin.
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ANNEX VIII
STATEMENT AND PROCEDURES CONCERNING DEVICES FOR PERFORMANCE EVALUATION
1. For devices for performance evaluation the manufacturer or his authorised representative shall draw up the statement containing the information stipulated in section 2 and ensure that the relevant provisions of this Directive are met.
2. The statement shall contain the following information:
- data allowing identification of the device in question,
- an evaluation plan stating in particular the purpose, scientific, technical or medical grounds, scope of the evaluation and number of devices concerned,
- the list of laboratories or other institutions taking part in the evaluation study,
- the starting date and scheduled duration for the evaluations and, in the case of devices for self-testing, the location and number of lay persons involved,
- a statement that the device in question conforms to the requirements of the Directive, apart from the aspects covered by the evaluation and apart from those specifically itemised in the statement, and that every precaution has been taken to protect the health and safety of the patient, user and other persons.
3. The manufacturer shall also undertake to keep available for the competent national authorities the documentation allowing an understanding of the design, manufacture and performances of the product, including the expected performances, so as to allow assessment of conformity with the requirements of this Directive. This documentation must be kept for a period ending at least five years after the end of the performance evaluation.
The manufacturer shall take all the measures necessary for the manufacturing process to ensure that the products manufactured conform to the documentation mentioned in the first paragraph.
4. The provisions of Article 10(1), (3) and (5) shall apply to devices intended for performance evaluation.
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Article 10
Registration of manufacturers and devices
1. Any manufacturer who places devices on the market under his own name shall notify the competent authorities of the Member State in which he has his registered place of business:
- of the address of the registered place of business,
- of information relating to the reagents, reagent products and calibration and control materials in terms of common technological characteristics and/or analytes and of any significant change thereto including discontinuation of placing on the market; for other devices, the appropriate indications,
- in the case of devices covered by Annex II and of devices for self-testing, of all data allowing for identification of such devices, the analytical and, where appropriate, diagnostic parameters as referred to in Annex I, part A, section 3, the outcome of performance evaluation pursuant to Annex VIII, certificates and any significant change thereto, including discontinuation of placing on the market.
3. Where a manufacturer who places devices on the market under his own name does not have a registered place of business in a Member State, he shall designate an authorised representative. The authorised representative shall notify the competent authorities of the Member State in which he has his registered place of business of all particulars as referred to in paragraph 1.
5. Member States shall take all necessary measures to ensure that the notifications referred to in paragraphs 1 and 3 are registered immediately in the databank described in Article 12.
The procedures for implementing this Article and in particular those referring to the notification and the concept of significant change shall be adopted in accordance with the regulatory procedure referred to in Article 7(2).
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Article 12
European databank
1. Regulatory data in accordance with this Directive shall be stored in a European databank accessible to the competent authorities to enable them to carry out their tasks relating to this Directive on a well-informed basis.
The databank shall contain the following:
(a) data relating to registration of manufacturers and devices in accordance with Article 10;
(b) data relating to certificates issued, modified, supplemented, suspended, withdrawn or refused according to the procedure as laid down in Annexes III to VII;
(c) data obtained in accordance with the vigilance procedure as defined in Article 11.
2. Data shall be forwarded in a standardised format.
3. The procedures implementing this Article shall be adopted in accordance with the regulatory procedure referred to in Article 7(2).
